Give Respect Take Respect
Respecting someone’s point of view and ideas also signifies a unique kind of relationship that one can have with someone. For example, respecting someone does not mean that you have to follow that person’s decisions and actions blindly just for the sake of it.
it simply means that you genuinely respect his/her choices and perception about something without judging him/her for the choices that he/she has made and for the kind of person that he/she is. Because ultimately, we are what we think and we become what we perceive and choose.
In the end, all that matters is what we think of ourselves as it is also one kind of respectful relationship that we need to have with ourselves. We can respect everyone, we can follow their path and we can learn from them but if we do not have faith in ourselves, we can not respect our choices and we can not follow the path of our choice.
For everybody else to believe in us, first we need to believe in ourselves. For everybody else to believe in our dreams and respect our choices, first we need to respect our choices. That is something that we require to be what we want to be so that we can become what we want to become.
When you give respect to yourself, only then you set standards for others to respect you. You can stand up for your self-respect which leads you to know your self-worth which is very important.